Lajes (Azores) (LPLA/TER) 2008

[J.J.]

Welcome aboard, Leandro! Great job! Thanks!

[thunderboypt]

Me too Brian, but I think that this is a little "April Fool" joke as we say in the UK.

i was already affraid of that..... jeez what was i thinking

Hi Guys!!!
I dont think it is a Joke!!! I just published afew minuts ago 1 photo with the 2 Pakistani f-16's coded LJ.
The photo is at the azores air photos web site. I dont know if it is alowed to put the direct link here. If yes i will put it here.

Best Regards,
Leandro Rocha.

P.S. Tanks for the welcoming:):)

[SquAdmin]

The photo is at the azores air photos web site. I dont know if it is alowed to put the direct link here. If yes i will put it here.

Well, I think most people are just as curious as I was, so:
http://www.azoresairphotos.com/foto.php?codfoto=5046" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And thanx for keeping us posted Leandro, love to read the logs in this thread!

[sentinel]

Leandro's logs are impressive. Living in Lajes must be a sort of dream for guys like us.

I know that there is no such thing as spotting in Sigonella but could someone perhaps confirm if there are two stranded USMC Harriers there from the last visit?

[thunderboypt]

Leandro's logs are impressive. Living in Lajes must be a sort of dream for guys like us.

I know that there is no such thing as spotting in Sigonella but could someone perhaps confirm if there are two stranded USMC Harriers there from the last visit?

Hello,

I have just talk with a spotter friend of mine and he said that there are some harriers there from the last visit, he thinks that they are 2.
I will try confirmation with my brother there, or with another spotter.
Right now i´m at Portugal Mainland for the next 2,5 months studying so i cant confirm it myself.

And living at Lajes, yes!!!, it is niiiiiice, sometimes there is no movements there, but other times you see LOTS of nice planes, and it is only 7 minutes in my bicycle or 3 in car from my home.

Kind Regards,
Leandro Rocha.

[sentinel]

Ten AV-8Bs should be in Sigonella today heading statside via Lajes. I do not have any record of these Harriers deploying east in the last six months of so. The only ones I have are from VMA-231 which deployed in March 2007! So maybe someone can help with identifying these Harriers which I'm sure will go through Lajes in the next few days together with their support KC-10s.

[J.J.]

... And so, in the next couple of days we can expect at Lajes VMA-542 on their way back home to CONUS. According to official USMC photos, deployed were at least 164570/WH 01, WH 09 and WH 11. ...

[falcon]

Due to bad weather, the AV-8's are on delay. New ETA is for tomorrow morning 10-4-2008.

adios
George

[thunderboypt]

Hi,

They should landed day 08 at 1800Z, see the metar:
LPLA 081800Z 35021G31KT 310V040 9000 3000NW -RA BKN016 OVC070 12/08 Q0999 WHT

then they delay to day 09(today) at 1000Z, metar:
LPLA 091000Z 34011G26KT 9999 SCT020 FEW022CB SCT030 11/07 Q1010 BLU/BLU CNTR RWY WND 01013G26KT XWND16KT MOD TURB PK WND 02036/35

Hope that tomorrow the weather is nice.

King Regards,
Leandro Rocha.

[Dutchmil]

Due to bad weather, the AV-8's are on delay. New ETA is for tomorrow morning 10-4-2008.

The Harriers returned from Lajes to Cherry Point today as Mazda 41 and Mazda 51 flight.

Hope this helps,


René.
Coronet East deployments
http://www.dutchmil.nl/CE2008" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[sentinel]

Any logs for these Harriers to confirm serials/unit?

Due to bad weather, the AV-8's are on delay. New ETA is for tomorrow morning 10-4-2008.

The Harriers returned from Lajes to Cherry Point today as Mazda 41 and Mazda 51 flight.

Hope this helps,


René.
Coronet East deployments
http://www.dutchmil.nl/CE2008" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[falcon]

Here some of the serials, sorry no code's this time......

164570
165570
164558
166287
165388
164567
165573
165390

Support was
1 KC-135
3 KC-10's
and a C-17 with serial 99-0167/AK

[J.J.]

As I already posted, it was VMA-542 on their way back home from Al Asad Airfield, Iraq. Identified by released USMC photos was 164570/WH 01, the first aicraft in falcon´s log. Only two sample pics:

https://www.2maw.usmc.mil/MAG14/vma542/ ... il%201.JPG" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://www.2maw.usmc.mil/MAG14/vma542/ ... %2001b.JPG" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[thunderboypt]

Hi All,

Today landed at Lajes 2 more harriers, USMC:

164557/WH-07
164560/WH-14

and 1KC10 85-0032 USAF.

The harriers are both from VMA-542.

Kind Regards,
Leandro Rocha.

[thunderboypt]

Hi all,

6 Eurofighters supported by 1 Tristar and 1 vc10 had just landed at lajes a few minuts ago at lajes, I´m waiting for the serials to post here
They are all from UK.

Best Regards,
Leandro Rocha.